And so, today, if the state can no longer appeal to the old moral principles that belong to the Christian tradition, it… — Christopher Dawson Copy Share Image
The number who actually consented to the Constitution of the United States, at the first, was very small. Considered as the act… — Lysander Spooner Copy Share Image
But, strictly speaking, this mythology was no essential part of ancient religion, for it had no sacred sanction and no binding force… — William Robertson Smith Copy Share Image
Religion is not knowledge. Religion is love. The word 'religion' comes from a root which means binding together - falling into love,… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
All the old bindings are broken. Cosmological centers now are anywhere and everywhere. The earth is a heavenly body, most beautiful of… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
Marriage is primarily an economic arrangement, an insurance pact. It differs from the ordinary life insurance agreement only in that it is… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
By binding image and desire, glamour gives us pleasure, even as it heightens our yearning. It leads us to feel that the… — Virginia Postrel Copy Share Image
WEAKNESSES, n.pl. Certain primal powers of Tyrant Woman wherewith she holds dominion over the male of her species, binding him to the… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Their usual mistaken premise is that they affirm some consensus among people, at least among tame peoples, concerning certain moral principles, and… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
I do many kinds of work, and if you forbid me from binding books, from gardening, from writing poetry, from practicing walking… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Each person discovers a field of allurements, the totality of which bears the unique stamp of that person’s personality. Destiny unfolds in… — Brian Swimme Copy Share Image
Says one brother to another, 'Joseph says all covenants are done away, and none are binding but the new covenants; now suppose… — Jedediah M. Grant Copy Share Image
A book is really like a lover. It arranges itself in your life in a way that is beautiful. Even as a… — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
Art is not a substitute religion: it is a religion (in the true sense of the word: 'binding back', 'binding' to the… — Gerhard Richter Copy Share Image
Our political way of life is by the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God, and of course presupposes the existence of… — John Quincy Adams Copy Share Image
To regard human beings as tools - as instruments - for the use of other human beings is not only unscientific but… — Alfred Korzybski Copy Share Image
The fidelity of a dog is a precious gift demanding no less binding moral responsibilities than the friendship of a human being. — Konrad Lorenz Copy Share Image
The laws of Congress are restricted to a certain sphere, and when they depart from this sphere, they are no longer supreme… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
The binding of reason and intuition is the fundamental crisis of the era we call humanity. Transcedence of duality is the key. — Phil Collins Copy Share Image
Commitment . . . is a binding, but happy, response to duty. It is at once peaceful yet compelling, for it obligates… — James M. Paramore Copy Share Image
I very much love a physical book myself. I think people who have had this experience of also seeing a book come… — Edwidge Danticat Copy Share Image
Listen to the Water-Mill: Through the live-long day How the clicking of its wheel Wears the hours away! Languidly the Autumn wind… — Sarah Doudney Copy Share Image
There comes not seldom a crisis in the life of men, of nations, and of worlds, when the old forms seem ready… — Benjamin N. Cardozo Copy Share Image
Not all Masons are obligated on the Christian Bible. Masonry is universal and men of every creed are eligible for membership so… — George Washington Copy Share Image
In investment management today, everybody wants not only to win, but to have a yearly outcome path that never diverges very much… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
In this choice of inheritance we have given to our frame of polity the image of a relation in blood; binding up… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
When you make a film, you sign a contract with somebody, and it's not only legally binding but morally binding. You agree… — Kristin Scott Thomas Copy Share Image
It can happen to but few philosophers, and but at distant intervals, to snatch a science, like Dalton, from the chaos of… — Charles Babbage Copy Share Image
Ohm (a distinguished mathematician, be it noted) brought into order a host of puzzling facts connecting electromotive force and electric current in… — Oliver Heaviside Copy Share Image
“Most binds involve metaphors, emotions, feelings, human qualities. Thus, the binds mostly prompt us to be rational, push us to decide one… — Ştefan Serşeniuc Copy Share Image
America should meet its obligations in the form of Social Security, Medicare, our ability to pay our military, legally binding legislation that… — Bill Johnson Copy Share Image
I wrote 'Mr. In-Between' very quickly when I was about 23. I wrote the penultimate chapter, then realised I'd done something which… — Neil Cross Copy Share Image
“As she began to speak she stood and started to wrap herself, expertly, creating a binding in minutes that held without a… — S. Bear Bergman Copy Share Image
How can a governing party propose to its people a referendum that won't be binding? Is that a serious political programme? No… — Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero Copy Share Image
“Impressive deduction,” Ryan murmured. “You certainly look deeper than most.” He brushed back a strand of my hair, and I screwed my… — Sam Dogra Copy Share Image
I shall always be consistent and never change my ways so long as I am in my senses; but for the sake… — Tiberius Copy Share Image
Rationality is not just something you do so that you can make more money, it is a binding principle. Rationality is a… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
When a male vole repeatedly mates with a female, a hormone called vasopressin is released in his brain. The vasopressin binds to… — David Eagleman Copy Share Image
When I was a child, I loved 'The Marble Faun' by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The reason I liked it was because it had… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
Divine love makes us true to ourselves and to others... Divine love is the solution to our difficulties and problems. It frees… — Meher Baba Copy Share Image
